Olympia Budget Crisis

Unfortunately, the silly show that is happening in the Capitol Rotunda over Christmas has put the very real budget crisis in the background.  Gregoire and the Legislature have to come up with $6 billion in savings.  Where will they find it?

One place, of course, is the biggest pool of funds - education.  So the question becomes, Jobs or Pay?  Do the teachers believe in what they've been saying for years, that smaller class sizes are the solution to our education woes?  If so, and if they truly have the welfare of children in the forefront of their beliefs, they will vote to cut their pay in order to save the jobs of all the teachers who have been added in recent years.  In other words, keep I-728, get rid of the COLA's and other pay increases received in the last five years.

Who am I kidding?  This is the comedy at its best!  New teachers overboard!  Or is it last in, first under the bus?